Pâte à Choux

Name: Pâte à Choux (Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Makes about 4 dozen choux puffs
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¾ teaspoon salt; 340 grams (12 ounces) bread flour, sifted; 250 grams (8¾ ounces) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; ¾ teaspoon sugar; 10 to 12 large eggs, at room temperature; Egg wash

Choux Pastry or Cream Puff Dough

Preparation info

Makes about
4 dozen
puffs

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts

By French Culinary Institute

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

250 grams (8¾ ounces) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
¾ teaspoon sugar

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Prepare your mise en place.

Preheat the oven to 260°C (500°F) for a convection oven or 233°C (450°F) for a conventional or deck oven.